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Aprii 13, 1926.

A. A. RQESCH RANGE Filed April 20, 1925 Zw W l Patented Apr. 13,l

UNITED ""'sTATEsioFfFifc L Amin-'Un Echsen, BELLEVILLE, ILLniois, Asistencia. "roRoEsorr E'NAiuEL' B ANGE eoMrANY, or BELLEVILLE, iLLrNois, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS;y

RANGE.

Application led April 20, 192.5. Serial No. 24,567.

To all LU/wm Ait may concern: v secured vto the horizontal portion 8 of lthe Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. RoEsH, door frame in the following manner.

-a citizen of the United States of America, Numeral 1l designates a; securing plate residing at Belleville, in the county of St. positioned on the back of the horizontal por- 6 Clairand State of Illinois, have invented tion 8 of the door frame. Rectangular .fr y.

certain nen7 and useful Improvements in openings 12 are formed, one on each end Ranges, of which the following is a speci-V of the horizontalvportion 8 of the door lication.V y frame, of such size -as to permit the inser- The object of my device is to make a tion therein of the door stops 9. The ends 1G hinge. A more speciic object is to make of' the securing plate' 11 are cut away so i20 a hinge to be used on doors of ranges.l A. as not to obstruct the opening through the further object is to make a. hinge for the rectangular' openings 12. The means ofsedoors of ranges in` such a manner that the curing the securing plate 11 to the horizonhinge will be concealed from view. In the tal portion 8 of the door frame will beV subv l conventional range hinge the hinge is not sequently described. Numeral lrdesignates. v5 only visiblebut unsightly and functions rela cover plate of substantial U section, havatively imperfectly. With the use of my ing studs 14 formed in the innerside of the -4 hinge this unsightliness is removed and the bottom of the U section. I preferably use door of the range will be normally held three lof such studs. Numeral 15 designates v closed by the hinge andy makes the operacoiled springs that are employed one on 70 tion of the door simple. eachrside ofthe door 7 The assembling With these and other objects in view, my operation is .the following. yThe coiledv invention has relation to certain novel springs 15 are placed over the pintles 10, features of construction and arrangementof one spring .on each pintle. One end of the pants as will be hereinafter more fully desprings 15 is engaged frictionally in the slots 75 scribed, pointed outin the claim,and illus- 16 formed integrally above the door stop 9 trated in the drawings, in which, on itsinner side. yThe securing plate 11 is Fig. 1 is a front lelevationof aportion thenplaced in position. The other ends of of the'door frames ofa. range, together with the springs 15V are passed throughv holes in my hingev and av portion of one rangeAv door. f the horizontal portion 8 of the door frame 80 Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevationA and through holes in the securingplate 11 on-the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. i that register'.` therewith. They door stops 9 Fig..3 is a transverse vsectional elevation` will be immediately' in front of the open-- on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. ings 12when the door is in a closed posi- 35 Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a portion. The cover plate 13 is now positioned 85 tion of the range door showing the hinge so that its ends vwill cover or obscure the pintle and door step. coiled springs 15, the studs 14 are passed Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional' elevation through holes in the horizontal portion k8 on .the line .F5-5 of Fig. 2. Y of the door frame, and through registering 40 Numerals 6 designate rfragments of the holes in the securing plate 11." Nuts 17 -are 90 vertical portions of the door frames, nunow screwed on the ends of the studs 14. meral 7 designates 'afragment of the door, Whenr the nuts 17 are tightened, kmy strucand numeralv 8, the horizontal portion of ture is assembled. It will be seen that whenl the door fra-me. The horizontal portion 8 the door is opened, the springs 15 will be f is integrally connected at its ends to the compressed and the door stops 9V will pass 95 vertical portions of the door frames. At through the rectangular openings 12. The the two lower corners of the door 'are i n door 7 cannot be rotated to'avposition below tegrally secured the door stops y9 to which, the horizontal because the flat surfaces of' vvand at right angles thereto, are integrally the door stops 9 engage the tops of the recsecured the pintles 10. The door is hingedly tangular openings 19.. y l Y100 What I claim and mean to Seoul1 ters Patent is,

In combination with a' door frame, a. door, cover plate secured to said door frame over door stops formed integral with said door, said pntles and springs. 5 pntles formed integral with said door stops; In testimony whereof I ax my signa'- sprngs enveloping said pntles, one end of ture. each spring secured to said frame and the other secured to said door, a cover plate of ARTHUR HOESCH.

e by Let- U .section having studs formed on the inner Side of the botto-1n of the U section, said 10j 

